- Twasom 4r. Friday; IAnrib X1 2, 1976 `THE: DETROIT JEWISH NEWS NEW YORK — "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, the former world light-heavy- weight boxing champion whose unorthodox style earned him his nickname, died March 6 at age 71. Mr. Rosenbloom, who went on to a movie career portraying punchdrunk fighters and thugs, had been hospitalized for several years With Paget's disease, a progressive bone disease. His first professional fight, at age 19, resulted in a third round knockout of his opponent. By the time he won a 15-round decision over Jimmy Slattery on Tune 25, 1930, to win the New York light-heavy- weight title, his unusual style in the ring and his flamboyant antics outside provided a steady flow of colorful copy for gossip ,col-- umnists and sports writers. He fought in 289 profes- sional bouts. Rosenbloom's Mr. 15-round decision over Adolph Heuser, Ger- many's light-heavyweight champion, in Madison Square Garden in 1933, was considered a factor in Germany's decision to ban its athletes from corn- t.:3) MAXIE ROSENBLOOM peting with Jewish ath- letes to avoid contradic- tions of the Nazi claim of. superiority over "non-Ar- yans." While he continued to fight, he portrayed many character roles in films, in- cluding "The Kid Comes Back," "Each Dawn I Die," "The Boogie Man Will Get You," "Louisiana Purchase" and "Irish Eyes are ing." His marriage to the for- mer Muriel Faeder ended in divorce in 1945. Sima Arlozoroff, Labor Party Leader's Widow, Top Chemist TEL AVIV (JTA) — Sima Arlozoroff, a chemist and radio executive and the widow of Haim Arlozoroff, died March 3 at age 75. Born in Estonia, Mrs. Ar- lozoroff was an assistant to the late Chaim Weizmann at the Sieff Institute which became the Weizmann In- stitute of Science at Re- hovot. She later became an executive on Israeli Radio until her retirement a few years ago. Mrs. Arlozoroff's book about her husband, who was one of the leaders of the Yis- huv, is awaiting publication. Haim Arlozoroff was a Rothschild Kin Dies in California NEW YORK — Baroness Pauline de Rothschild, --- American-born wife of Baron Philippe de Roths- child, owner of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, the fa- mous French wine property, died Monday in Santa Bar- bara, Calif., at age 67., Born Pauline Fairfax- Potter in Baltimore, Baron- ess de Rothschild grew up in France and was brought back to the U.S. where she made her debut. During World War II, she became a dress designer in New York for Hattie Carnegie. She was reputed,to be one of the highest-paid women in the U.S. She married Baron de Rothschild in 1954, and the couple set out to make Cha- teau Mouton the shOwplace of Bordeaux. They created the Mouton Museum, one of the two or three most fa- mous wine museums in the world. Contractor Isadore Muskovitz, Honored by Bar-Ilan, Akiva Philanthropist Edith Lehman, Widow of Ex-N.Y. Governor `Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, Champion Boxer, Film Actor leader of the Labor Party and head of the World Zion- ist Organization's depart- ment for foreign relations, when he was murdered out- side his Tel Aviv home in 1933. Mrs. Arlozoroff, who witnessed the murder, iden- tified two suspects as the killers: . Three members of the Revisionist Party were charged with the killing but were acquitted. Later, two Arabs said they killed Arlozoroff but their admis- sions were not accepted. Arlozoroff's murder was long a source of controversy between Labor and the Re- visionists and continues to this day to occasionally flare up in public disputes. NEW YORK — Edith Lehman, a philanthropist in her own right and widow of former Governor and Sena- tor Herbert H. Lehman, died Monday at age 86. Throughout her life, and until her death, she re- mained active in a number of social service organiza- tions including the Henry Street Settlement and the Play Schools Association, of which she was board chair- man from 19. 66 to the pre- sent. Born in San Francisco, the former Edith Altschul married Herbert Lehman in 1910, a partner in the invest- ment banking concern of Lehman Brothers and mem- ber of an influential New York family with a long tradition of giving aid to welfare work and religious and philanthropic causes. Isadore Muskovitz, foun- der of Muskovitz and Per- shin a-nd Sons, Inc., me- chanical contractors, died She took a particularly March 4 at age 80. close interest in the estab- Born in Poland, Mr. Mus- lishment of the Herbert H. kovitz founded his company Lehman Suite at Columbia in 1915. He was a member University's School of Inter- of the Plumbing and Heat- national Affairs. She fi- ing Contractors Association nanced and endowed the of Southeastern Michigan suite, which is the reposi- and the Michigan chapter of tory of the Lehman papers' the American Society of and memorabilia. Sanitary Engineers. Honored by Bar-Ilan Uni- Mrs. Lehman was an hon- versity and Akiva Hebrew orary trustee of Mount Day School for efforts in .Sinai Medical Center, whose their behalf, Mr. Muskovitz board_ she joined in 1921. was a member of Adat She was a founding sponsor Shalom Synagogue and Pis- of the Mount Sinai School of gah Lodge of Bnai Brith. Medicine, and in 1969 estab- He leaves two sons, Dave lished a Lehman Chair in and Jerry; a daughter, Mrs. Pediatrics there in her hus- Philip (Roseall) Kopman; a band's memory. brother, Harry; two sisters, College, which Mr. Lehman attended. ISADORE MUSKOVITZ Mrs. Isadore (Fanny) of Princeton, Ill., am. fs. Samuel (Lillian) Schreier; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Potpourri Behind the Scenes in Israel By MOSHE RON Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent JERUSALEM — The for- mer general director of the Israel Corporation, "Hachevra Leisrael" Mi- chael Tzur, who had been, sentenced to 1 -5 years in prison for fraud, has no spe- cial privileges in prison in Ramle. The director of the prison has appointed Tzur as assist- ant director for education. Tzur teaches prisoners He- brew and English and ad- ministers the prison library. Michael Tzur has become in prison even more reli- EDITH LEHMAN gious. He prays each day with aMinyan and if a min- She joined her husband yan-man is missing, he in- in the work of the Federa- fluences prisoners to join tion of Jewish Philanthro- _ the prayer. pies and the United Jewish Arab Boycott Appeal and the cause of es- It was believed that the tablishing a Jewish na- Arabs would limit their tional homeland in Pales-- boycott to artists and musi- tine. cians who have some con- Following her husband's nections with Israel. Now death, Mrs. Lehman con- they have decided to boycott - tributed in his memory also the operas of the Italian $100,000 to the United Jew- composer Verdi. In Verdi's ish Appeal, and made sub- "Nabucco" there is a piece of stantial gifts to other insti- Jewish history: that Jews tutions including Williams once had a state with the capital in Jerusalem and this was destroyed by Nebu- cadn ezzar. A first performance of "Nabucco" was scheduled in Amman, but it was canceled at-the last minute. World War II, founding Sivensa, the Venezuelan Naturei Karta The former foreign minis- Steel Corp. in 1949. Since ter of Naturei Karta, Lei- the 1960s he had divided bele Weissfish, who has his time between Caracas fought against Zionism for and Jerusalem. years, recently appeared on Mr. Sherover met his Lat- vian-born wife, Gitta, on a Israeli television. He was asked why he has visit here in 1953. He crossed the frontier to Jor- founded the Jerusalem dan in order to hold political Theater five years ago and negotiations with King Hus-- built a modern home next to sein, and why he had sent the theater. The Sherovers helped several notes and proposals to leaders of foreign coun- bring many international tries and to the United Na- artists to the Jerusalem con- tions that were against Is- cert and opera stage. In 1974 rael. he vas honored as a After his TV appear- "Worthy of Jerusalem." ance, Naturei Karta in Jerusalem decided to boy- A man will destroy his cott him. It published an own house, so that he may announcement strongly take revenge upon his neigh- criticizing any cooperation bor. with the forbidden televi- —The Talmud Miles Sherover, Industrialist, Jerusalem Theater Founder JERUSALEM (JTA) — Miles M. Sherover, a leading industrialist in Venezuela and -Israel, died March 3 at age 80. Born in Crakow, Poland on Oct. 16, 1896, Mr. Sher- over was brought to New York's Lower East Side as a child. He attended City Col- lege. After World War I he tra- leled widely through Asia as a freelance journalist and was fluent in Japanese and Chinese. He then became the first underwriter of So- viet bonds in the United States and acted as the offi- cial purchasing agent of the Spanish Republican govern- ment in the U.S. Mr. Sherover concen- trated his business activi- ties in Venezuela after . - sion. Leibele Weissfish is accused of desecrating God. Weissfish earns a living by writing the Ten Com- mandments inserted in tefi- lin and is a father of 10 chil- dren. He lives in the Naturei Karta quarter of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. He said on TV that he tired from his long political activ- ity for the Naturei Karta. Religious Pornography A readen of Hazofeh, the newspaper of the Religious National Party (Mafdal), has written a sharp letter to the editor against publish- ing advertisements about pornographic movies. The reader asks, how a re- ligious newspaper could publish advertisements about immoral pictures, such as "The Romantic En- glish Woman," "Life of a Married Man," "Persecuted Men." The newspaper is not responsible for the contents of the advertisements but, the reader argues, a reli- gious newspaper should not use- such as arguments. Homosexuality Israeli law forbids homo- sexual relations, with maxi- mum punishment of 10 years in prison. In reality, homose,xuals are not brought into court, but they are discriminated against in Israeli society. Some homosexuals have started a public campaign for abolishment of laws against them. They estab- lished a union and try to in- duce members of parlia- ment to support fewer restrictions. There is a pro- posal in the Knesset to le- galize homosexual relations in private. - 16 Police Lodges Establish Hotline , Sixteen Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) lodges in the tri-county area have estab- lished a hotline for mer- chants and homeowners who may have questions about community projects of the lodges. The new FOP Hotline — 539-7800 — was established to provide a clearinghouse of Legal Prostitution particularly Young prostitutes are- information, where unuathorized individ- working the streets of Tel uals or groups represent Aviv, looking for clients, themselves in behalf of FOP especially tourists. The pol- activities, according to Jack ice are unable to curb this Brown, hotline coordinator business. Some prostitutes and a detective sergeant for are arrested but released the Ferndale Police Depart- after a short time. Prosti- ment. tutes in Hayarkon St., where the big tourists hotels are, enjoy the protection of Arkia Airlines pimps. The mayor of Tel Aviv, Seeking First Jets Shlomo Lahat, has proposed NEW YORK — Arkia, legalizing prostitution and Israeli domestic airlir hi s having a special building in seeking to acquire it Jaffa for this purpose. Vice jet aircraft with 24 rp- Mayor Haim Bassok of the in anticipation of suk Mafdal, maintains that such tial growth in tourism, the an official building would be need for increased air serv- a shame for the city and its ice to areas being settled by inhabitants. new immigrants and, possi- The proposal has been ble, the addition of some supported by woman Knes- international routes. set deputy Ora Namir and Arkia carried 696,000 pas- two women members of the sengers in 1975, its best ye:'.r Municipal Council, Sara ever. This total was up from Doron and Lili Menachem. 1974's 647,000 and from the They think the proposal previous best- year of 1973, could solve this delicate when 679,000 passengers problem. were carried. . ,